Pls share: GRINNELL COLLEGE – BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, TENURE-TRACK POSITION. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to organismal biology and ecology - apply by October 2, 2026. Please visit our application website at jobs.grinnell.edu

Have I mentioned how much I love political cartoons?

We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka

It's out! Excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef - Nature

The Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database compiles prokaryotic, viral and eukaryotic genomes from seawater collected from the Great Barrier Reef, providing a rich resource for the study of mar...

nature.com

Starting with the DNA sequence of a #phage genome, #PholdAPhage will create a 3D reconstruction of the complete phage, almost like you did cryoEM on it! Check out Renee's awesome software github.com/reneegreen81... to assemble unknown phage particles one protein at a time

📣 #JobAlert The Faculty of Biology of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a Professorship (W3) for Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics. ❗ Application Deadline: 15 August, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/roi8 #Biology #Bioinformatics #MolecularGenetics

Come work with me! We are hiring a Research Program & Operations Coordinator to administer a new CREATE training program and support other EEB initiatives at U of T. Please circulate to great people in Toronto looking for an academic admin position: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting a comment to stop the administration from dismantling U.S. science. There are nearly 280,000 public comments filed so far! But! Do not assume they are all, or even most, against the proposal. This is a key pillar of Project 2029 - wind down federal R&D.

Costa Samaras@costasamaras.com · 4w ago

Here’s a great resource to help write a comment this weekend before the deadline, by @colesci.bsky.social and @cdelawalla.bsky.social: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

A new proposed rule would give White House political appointees more power over hundreds of billions of dollars in discretionary grant funding, diminishing the traditional role of scientific peer reviewers.

Researchers worry a Trump rule could end U.S. scientific dominance

Research organizations warn a proposed rule for federal grants would upend the medical and technological advances that set U.S. science apart.

washingtonpost.com

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

Most of my letter:

Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · 4w ago

Posted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.

Posted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.

Japanese scientists have confirmed a monumental discovery: asteroid Ryugu contains all 5 nucleobases essential for DNA and RNA. By analyzing 5.4 grams of material returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, researchers identified adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil in similar proportions.

🚨Join us at the University of Geneva! We're seeking an outstanding junior researcher to apply for an ERC or SNSF Starting Grant with our institutional support in host–pathogen interactions, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, or mycology. www.unige.ch/medecine/mim... Please share!

Postdocs and early career folks - this is a truly wonderful opportunity to spend time in Berlin, gain time to think, and expand your network! call.wiko-berlin.de/procedure/65...

🚨 Registration for VEGA26 is 👏 officially open 👏 🚨 The 5th edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium will be held November 18-19, 2026, on the UC Berkeley campus 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧫 Event website ➡️ jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... Registration link ➡️ cvent.me/e0RnA0

Interested in a PhD on bacteriophages? Check out www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3623... #phagesky if you are interested and also happen to be at #VOM2026, send me a dm

How do phages kill dormant bacteria

Are you excited about exploring the biology behind phages infecting dormant bacteria? Join forces to uncover fundamental biology with great potential for clinical impact. We offer a fully funded PhD p...

academictransfer.com

Title IX baby.

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑@emilylhauser.bsky.social · last mo.

This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84) the18.com/en/soccer-en...

Buck up, US fans. The women’s World Cup is less than a year away.

It’s great to see American men excelling at a sport that has been dominated by women for so long. For too long, men have not been taken seriously. They have been denied a seat at the table. We are really witnessing history in the making.

An extraordinary cancer stat recently just dropped: zero. That’s how many UK women in their early 20s died from cervical cancer between 2020-24. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com is on 20 years of HPV vaccines--& how the US could better maximize the potential of this critical public health tool (🎁):

The US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer. What’s the Holdup?

An extraordinary cancer statistic recently dropped in a major medical journal: zero.

bloomberg.com

As someone who did their PhD on the genetics of sex determination, a strong concur on this.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · last mo.

The human species ... and like, every other species ... has this incredible variety of development milestones leading to what we call biological sex. It's just flat earth denial to ignore how these can play out in a seemingly infinite variety & lead to endless outcomes in our brains + bodies.

📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009

I am overjoyed to officially announce the Notice of Award for Ignacio de la Higuera and I's NSF grant to study Cruciviruses and their hosts. This is going to be fun!

I am overjoyed to officially announce the Notice of Award for Ignacio de la Higuera and I's NSF grant to study Cruciviruses and their hosts. This is going to be fun!

JOURNALISTS! WE NEED A SIGNAL BOOST ON THIS! I'm not sure how many people realize how dangerous the proposed federal rule on grantmaking is & how it could fundamentally reshape ALL federal funding. Join the @healthjournalism.org webinar WEDNESDAY July 1 at 3pm to find out what it could mean.

How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science

Join us for a discussion on the potential impacts of a Trump admin plan to overhaul how federal research grants are awarded and administered.

healthjournalism.org

Interested in applying to a PhD program in ecology or evolution? Don't know where to start, how to apply, and/or how to find your best program or lab fit? Join our free and virtual program August 10th, 13th, 17th, & 20th to get all the help you need! Link in bio! !!!APPLICATIONS OPEN THIS WEEK!!!

With links to @standupforscience.net 's guide to writing official comments to block the rule and lots of other resources

Kevin Bonham@kevinbonham.com · last mo.

If you aren't fired up and taking action on the new OMB rule change that would put science funding decisions in the hands of political hacks, get fired up. Lastest episode of @audiommunity.org, with links to resources for taking action in the post 🧪 audiommunity.substack.com/p/episode-56...

So excited to announce our search for 4 postdocs (funded by the Simons Foundation) who will use genomics to "test how ecological interactions, natural selection, natural enemies, hybridization & environmental gradients shape...tropical tree communities" in Panama: stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... ...1

Foundational! "The scientist doing basic research may not be at all interested in the practical applications of his work, yet the further progress of industrial development would eventually stagnate if basic scientific research were long neglected." From Science: The Endless Frontier, Bush, 1945

Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · last mo.